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SUBURB PROFILE
TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 1
Introducing… Toowoomba Just an hour and a half from the Brisbane CBD via the Warrego Highway is Toowoomba, Australia’s second largest inland city and its largest or most populous non-capital inland city. Situated in the Western Growth Corridor of Queensland, the fourth fastest expanding region in Australia, Toowoomba is also one of the fastest growing cities in Queensland. Over the next 5 years, the city can expect an average annual growth rate of 1.29% and a 1.40% rate per year over the next 10 years. As the service hub for the Darling Downs region, one of the largest producers of agricultural goods in Queensland and as the gateway to the Surat Basin, home to $200 billion dollars’ worth of resource-related projects, the city is set to grow even further. Currently, around 160,000 people live in the Toowoomba local government area (LGA), which contains the suburbs of Newtown, Harristown, Wilsonton, Centenary Heights and many more. By 2031, this population could smash the 230,000 mark, if the full extent of the coal seam gas boom in the Surat Basin is taken into account. To support the future population, approximately 41,000 new dwellings will be provided to Toowoomba residents between 2006 and 2031. Jobs will be triggered by a multitude of billion dollar proposed, awaiting commencement and in progress projects. These include the Australia Pacific LNG Project, the Toowoomba Enterprise Hub, the Inland Rail Project and the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing Project. Between 2006 and 2026, Toowoomba city expects an employment growth of 60% to 120%. This will generate upwards of 10,000 new, permanent jobs and over the next 15 years, a total of 25,000 new jobs would’ve been made available to Toowoomba residents. Every year in September, Toowoomba’s award-winning parks and gardens burst into life during the nationally-renown Carnival of Flowers festival. Hundreds and thousands flock to the city each year to see the colourful displays of flowers and to enjoy the live music, local food and wine and more. In late May, the Hampton Country Food and Arts Festival in Chapman Park begins, the Australian Heritage Festival starts in April and ends in May and the biennial Australian Camp Oven Festival in Millmerran in October are three other festivals based in the Toowoomba city. The Carnival of Flowers, along with the city’s tree-lined streets and peaceful atmosphere has earned Toowoomba its nickname of the ‘Garden City’ of Queensland and a reputation for being a naturally picturesque, tourist destination. Not only is Toowoomba regarded as a beautiful place to live in, but it’s also one of the friendliest cities in Australia. According to the Suncorp Bank Family Friendly City report released in 2014, Toowoomba is the fourth most family friendly city in Australia. A number of factors, such as Toowoomba’s wide range of educational and health facilities and low unemployment rate, contributed to its high ranking. Award-winning schools and quality child care centres in the CBD alone, number in the hundreds and within a half an hours’ drive, there is the University of Southern Queensland, the University of Queensland and two other tertiary institutions. Other amenities within a 10 minutes’ drive of the CBD are easily accessible via the three highways; the Warrego Highway, the Gore Highway and the New England Highway. These amenities are not limited to bus stops, a train station, hospitals, shopping centres and leisure amenities. A few of the nearby hospitals include the Toowoomba Public Hospital, the St Vincent’s Private Hospital and the St Andrew’s Hospital. Two of the closest shopping centres are the currently in progress, new Grand Central shopping centre, the largest shopping centre in Toowoomba once complete and the under redevelopment Hooper Centre. TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 2
TOOWOOMBA
CITY
Australia’s 2nd
Toowoomba benefits from a plethora of leisure amenities, like the
Empire Theatre, the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery and the upcoming, largest inland city
new and improved Toowoomba Library. A number of parks and gardens, ________________________________________________
such as the Ju Raku Japanese Garden in the USQ Campus, one of the
largest Japanese gardens in Australia and the Toowoomba Sports Australia’s
Ground or Clive Berghofer Stadium are minutes away. Residents and
tourists alike, can also enjoy the Cobb+Co museum, home to a collection LARGEST
of historical vehicles and the Milne Bay Military Museum, which is non-capital inland city
dedicated to the preservation of war memorabilia. ________________________________________________
More museums, as well as historical sites, cultural centres, aviation
centres, airports and the Darling Downs Zoo can be found outside of the
4th FRIENDLIEST
immediate CBD area. Officially named the Toowoomba Aerodrome, the city in Australia
Toowoomba Airport supports flying schools, maintenance operations ________________________________________________
and some charter operators. Additionally, there is the Wellcamp Airport.
Recently opened in November 2014, it currently provides flights to TOOWOOMBA CITY
Sydney and will in future, offer flights to other destinations. As one of the
most important transport and logistics focused business hubs in
Australia, the Toowoomba Enterprise Hub will be a significant driver of
6TH FASTEST
growing city in QLD
Toowoomba’s economy, during and after its development. _________________________________________________
(Sources: ABS 2011; Hadley Green Investment Group 2015; High Country Festivals Inc. 2015; Milne Gateway to
Bay Military Museum 2015; Profile ID 2011; QGSO 2013; QGSO 2015; QIC Limited 2015; Snapcha
2012; Suncorp-Metway Ltd 2015; Terry Ryder Hotspotting Report 2014; The State of Queensland
(Department of State Development) 2015; The State of Queensland (Queensland Museum) 2015;
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Toowoomba Enterprise Hub 2015; Toowoomba Regional Council 2014; Toowoomba Regional
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Council 2015; Toowoomba Telegraph & TSBE Invest Toowoomba Magazine 2013; University of
Southern Queensland 2015; Where Is 2015; Sidebar images by Freepik licensed under CC by 3.0)
230,000+
people in Toowoomba
City by 2031
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$75+
BILLION in projects
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EMPLOYMENT
Toowoomba City expects:
25,000
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Profile
Education Toowoomba offers an extensive, highly-diverse range of top-performing schools, award-winning tertiary institutions and child care centres. More than 40 public or private, primary and secondary schools are accessible within a 10 minutes’ drive of the CBD. Two schools, St Saviour’s Primary School and St Saviour’s College, are in walking distance of Herries Street. St Saviour’s Primary is the oldest Catholic school in Toowoomba and provides education for boys and girls from prep to Year 6. In March 2015, it was acknowledged by the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority (ACARA) as one of 53 schools to show strong improvements in NAPLAN results from 2012 to 2014. Next door to St Saviour’s Primary School is St Saviour’s College, a Catholic secondary school for girls. A 3 minutes’ drive west of the CBD is St Mary’s College and the Junior Campus of The Glennie School. St Mary’s College is the only Catholic, all-boys college, which caters to students in years 5 to 12, in Western Brisbane. Last year, classroom renovations and extensions were completed, as well as the integration of a new Home Economics and Hospitality facility. Currently under construction are extra playground facilities for the primary students and in future, there may be a renovation of the primary school building. Junior and Secondary campuses combine to form The Glennie School, an Anglican boarding school for girls in prep to year 12. According to year 9 results in 2014, Glennie is one of Queensland’s top performing high schools. North for 3 minutes is the Toowoomba North State School, while a 3 minutes’ drive east is the Toowoomba East State School, the co-ed Catholic secondary college, St Joseph’s College and the all-boys boarding school, Toowoomba Grammar School. Over the last 10 years, Grammar has consistently outperformed other schools and in 2014, was one of the top performing high schools in Queensland. In 2012, it was ranked in the top 5 list of Queensland Schools with the highest number of students achieving an OP 1 to 5. Grammar was also in the top 20 list of Queensland schools with the best OP results between 2007 and 2011. Due to its popularity, the school approved an expansion of its student accommodation via the construction of two buildings. Late 2015 is the expected completion date. Holy Name Primary School, St Ursula’s College (an all-girls Catholic boarding school) and the Middle and Senior campus of The Glennie School are a 4 minutes’ drive from the CBD. Also 4 minutes away is the Centenary Heights State High School and St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School. Slightly further out, is the Newtown State School, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School and Mater Dei Primary School. Another 3 schools a mere 5 minutes from the CBD are the Toowoomba State High School, Harlaxton State School and St Anthony’s Catholic School. For more schools, please see the next page. To support Toowoomba’s growing population over the next 20 years, new schools will be developed in Cambooya, Wyreema, Darling Heights, Drayton and Harristown. There are 4 tertiary institutions in the Toowoomba CBD and in nearby suburbs. A Queensland Rural Medical Education Centre (QRME), followed by a TAFE Queensland South West Campus, a University of Southern Queensland Campus (USQ) and a University of Queensland Campus (UQ) in Gatton are the four institutions. QRME provides rural and regional medical training programs to doctors. Its Darling Downs Clinical Training Centre is located on Hume Street and is a 2 minutes’ drive from the CBD. Toowoomba’s TAFE Campus and USQ Campus are 5 and 10 minutes away, respectively. USQ’s Toowoomba Campus offers a variety of degrees, ranging from creative arts to sciences and also state-of-the-art academic and recreational facilities, including a few of Australia’s leading research centres and Australia’s largest Japanese garden. TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 4
In September 2014, USQ won the UniSuper Award for Innovation.
Awarded for USQ’s unique development pathways, which aid students
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transitioning to university degrees and more, the university is now
recognised as a leader in the ongoing push to increase tertiary
education participation. Like USQ, TAFE is an award-winning tertiary
institution, with a number of multicultural awards under its belt.
Schools within 10 minutes
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Gatton is a half an hour’s drive east of the Toowoomba CBD via the
Warrego Highway and it’s the home of UQ’s Gatton Campus.
Internationally recognised, the Gatton Campus is Australia’s leader in
the education and research of agriculture, animals, veterinary science,
food and environment. World-class facilities provided to students
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include a $100 million School of Veterinary Science, a native wildlife From top-performing
teaching and research facility, a collaborative learning centre and a The Glennie School
dormitory. The University of Queensland is also one of the top 100 ________________________________________
universities in the world and has won more awards for its quality
teaching practices than any other university in Australia.
Mothercraft Childcare Centre, the Kath Dickson Occasional Care
Centre and the Goodstart Early Learning Centre on Bridge Street are
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childcare centres within walking distance of the Toowoomba CBD. A 3 From top-performing
minutes’ drive from the CBD are another 7 care centres. These include Toowoomba
a Kate’s Place Early Education and Childcare Centre on Margaret
Grammar School
Street, the Charley’s Place Early Learning College and the ________________________________________
Kidzfreedom Family Day Care Centre.
More include the Goodstart Early Learning Centre on Healy Street, the
Toowoomba Central Childcare Centre, a Kate’s Place on Herries
Street and the preschool at Toowoomba East State School. Less than 5
10MIN
minutes away is the Olive Tree Children’s Centre, the Glennie From USQ’s
Community Kindergarten, the Cherubs Childcare Centre and the Toowoomba Campus
Eastwood Early Education Centre. Childrens Educare Centre, the ________________________________________
Rosemont Cottage Kindergarten and Preschool and the C&K Vera
Lacaze Memorial Kindergarten and Preschool are also a mere 4
minutes from the CBD.
Another 27 schools, including the Toowoomba West Special School and
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the Clifford Park Special School, both dedicated to the education of From UQ’s
children with disabilities, can be found 6 to 11 minutes from the CBD. Gatton Campus
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(Sources: Architectus 2015; Better Education Pty Ltd 2014; Google Maps 2015; Queensland Rural
Medical Education Ltd 2015; St Mary’s College 2015; St Saviour’s College 2015; St Saviour’s
Primary School 2015; TAFE Queensland 2014; The Glennie School 2015; The State of Queensland
(Department of the Premier and Cabinet) 2015; The University of Queensland 2015; Toowoomba
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry 2013; University of Southern Queensland 2014; Where Is
2015; Sidebar images by Freepik licensed under CC by 3.0)
Child care centres within
3 minutes
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Shopping Less than 10 minutes from the Toowoomba CBD are 16 shopping centres. Hooper Shopping Centre is the closest, followed by the new Grand Central Shopping Centre, the Toowoomba Homemakers Centre and the Centrepoint on James Shopping Centre. Also nearby is the Red Edge Centre and the Market Plaza. A 4 to 5 minutes’ drive west is the Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre and the Newtown Shopping Centre, while a drive north is the North Point Shopping Centre and east is the Range Shopping Centre. Toowoomba Plaza, the Ruthven Plaza, the Ridge Shopping World and the Tower Shopping Village are 6 minutes south of the urban centre. From 7 to 9 minutes away is the Westridge Shopping Centre, Mcdonaldtown Shopping Centre and Wyalla Plaza Shopping Centre. Followed by the High Street Plaza and the Wilsonton Shopping Centre. After a fire in 2013, the restoration of the Hooper Centre was approved and is now in its final stages. Before the expected completion date of April 2015, an IGA will open and join the revamped and locally popular Patton’s Discount Meats and other stores. North-west of the Hooper Centre, the integration of the Grand Central Shopping Centre and Gardentown Shopping Centre is in progress. Grand Central and Gardentown will be linked via a two level galleria containing Australian and international fashion outlets. Once the redevelopment is complete, Grand Central will span 90,000sqm, double its original size and include new discount department stores and supermarkets, 160 new speciality retailers and a dining precinct. An extra 2,000 car parks will also be delivered, bringing the total number of spaces to 4,000. Early 2017 is the expected completion date. With over 300 stores and a Birch, Carroll and Coyle Cinemas, the New Grand Central will be the largest shopping centre in Toowoomba and the regions’ premier shopping, lifestyle and entertainment destination. Along Prescott Street are 12 shops, collectively known as the Toowoomba Homemakers Centre. HPartners, an investment advisory firm, as well as Aurecon, a company that provides engineering and other specialist services, have offices in the centre. For home and personal ware, there’s a Lighthouse Lighting store and a Norris beauty products wholesaler. Just down the road is a Pillowtalk, a Choice Flooring store, a work-wear outlet and a Breathe Health Club in Centrepoint on James, if residents require more variety. There’s also a BCF (Boat, Camping, Fishing) in Centrepoint and a Godfrey’s next door. On the other side of Centrepoint is the Red Edge Centre and it predominantly consists of restaurants, such as a Subway and a Grill’d. Market Plaza is situated on Margaret Street in the heart of the Toowoomba CBD. A JB Hi-Fi and a Chemist Warehouse are the two primary tenants. As one of the larger shopping centres in Toowoomba, Clifford Gardens Shopping Centre is home to nearly 100 stores. It’s anchored by a Big W, a Woolworths and a Coles and has a diverse range of speciality outlets. These include a Commonwealth Bank, a Dick Smith, a Terry White Chemists and numerous fashion stores. Newtown Shopping Centre is a neighbourhood centre, akin to the Hooper Centre, the Homemakers Centre and Centrepoint. Three of the centre’s tenants are a Newtown Discount Drug Store, a Civic Video and a Lifeline Furniture Super Store. In March 2014, the Northpoint Shopping Centre opened for business. As well as providing access to a medical centre, North Point offers a Coles, an Aldi, a Reject Shop, 20 specialty stores and 330 car parks. East of the CBD on the corner of James and Burke Street is yet another neighbourhood centre called the Range Shopping Centre. Major tenants include a Woolworths, a Caltex petrol station, a BWS, a Heritage Bank, a National Australia Bank and a Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Collection Centre. Minor tenants range from a Jetts gym to a Raine and Horne real estate agency. Coles and Kmart anchor the Toowoomba Plaza on Ruthven Street. Right next door is the Ruthven Plaza, home to a Rugs-a-million, a Snooze outlet, a Harvey Norman, an Amart, a Petbarn and more. Behind the Toowoomba Plaza is the Ridge Shopping World and the centre consists of a Woolworths and 21 speciality stores, which fulfil personal care, banking, pharmacy and travel needs. TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 6
Tower Shopping Village accommodates a Bottle Mart, a fruit shop, a hair
salon combined with a florist and a Golden Casket newsagency, just to
name a few. Further down Drayton Road is the Mcdonaldtown Shopping
Centre and in the centre, there’s a convenience store, a hairdresser, a
pharmacy and a doctor’s clinic. Another small neighbourhood centre
south of Toowoomba is the Westridge Shopping Centre. Well-known
companies like Domino’s Pizza, Noodle Box, Brumby’s, Australia Post and
BWS have stores here. 16 SHOPPING
Containing a Network Video, a Brumby’s, a doctor’s surgery, an IGA, a CENTRES
Malouf Pharmacy, a fashion store and more, Wyalla Plaza Shopping
Centre is a one-stop-shop for nearby residents. High Street Plaza fulfils
WITHIN 10 MINUTES
the same role as Wyalla Plaza and provides Rangeville residents with
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everything they need. Retailers include an IGA, a medical centre, a
pharmacy, two banks, a Blockbuster and a newsagency. There’s also a BP
petrol station next door.
North-west of the CBD is the currently redeveloping Wilsonton
Shopping Centre. Construction of Stage 1 began in March 2015 and the
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estimated completion date for the centre is late 2016. Along with the From in-progress
integration of the existing Coles, which will double the retail floor space New Grand Central
from 16,000sqm to 30,000sqm, the finished centre will boast a Kmart
and a host of new mini-majors. Joining the retail outlets will be an 8
Shopping Centre
screen cinema, new dining areas, ‘The Square’ market place, a medical (largest shopping
centre and more car spaces. Total car parks will exceed 1,200, while total centre in Toowoomba)
outlets could exceed 100.
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(Sources: Aurecon Group Brand Ltd 2015; Google Maps 2015; Hadley Green Investment Group 2015;
Hpartners Blood, Sweat & Tears Pty Ltd 2011; Market Square Wilsonton 2014; Northpoint Shopping
4MIN
Centre 2015; Novion Property Management Pty Limited 2014; QIC Limited 2015; Queensland
Industry Advocate 2014; Terry Ryder Hotspotting Report 2014; TSBE Development Report 2014;
Where Is 2015)
From Clifford
Gardens Shopping
Centre
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ANNUAL
GROWTH
RATE
9MIN
From Wilsonton
Shopping Centre
(currently expanding)
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Health
There are 4 public and private hospitals and numerous medical centres within an 11 minutes’ drive of the
CBD. Toowoomba’s dedicated Veterinary Hospital, the Toowoomba 7 Day Medical Centre and the Grand
Central Medical Centre are in walking distance. A mere 3 minutes from the urban centre is the Toowoomba
Public Hospital, the Mackenzie House Family Medical Centre, the Iona Medical Centre and the Lindsay
Street Medical Centre. There’s also a Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Collection Centre, Ken Gover Dental
and the Parkside Physiotherapy Centre.
From 4 to 5 minutes away, there’s the Carbal Medical Centre, St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Toowoomba
Surgicentre, Medici Medical Centre and a Skin Cancer Clinic. Another Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
Collection Centre can be found with the Skin Cancer Clinic and the Hodal Chiropractic Clinic, specialising in
back pain relief, is south of the CBD. Driving west, residents will find the Bakers Family Medical Centre and
driving north, the North Point Medical Centre. Between a 6 and 11 minute drive, there’s a Greencross Vets,
the St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital, the West Toowoomba Medical Centre, the newly opened 7 Springs
Health + Dental centre and the Baillie Henderson Hospital.
As the longest standing veterinary practice in Toowoomba, the Toowoomba Veterinary Hospital has
provided quality care to animals for more than 65 years. It joins Greencross Vet clinics as premier care
facilities for pets in the region. Seven days a week, the hospital offers a 24 hour emergency service and the
experienced vets utilise state-of-the-art equipment. Just down the road from the veterinary hospital is the
Toowoomba 7 Day Medical Centre. Services include minor surgery, vaccination, general check-ups, blood
tests and home visits and are performed by one of the centre’s 11 doctors on a 7 day basis. Grand Central
Medical Centre, open 6 days a week, is situated behind the redeveloping Grand Central Shopping Centre on
Hill Street. Check-ups, immunisations, disease management, minor surgical procedures and pregnancy care
are some of the services offered by the four full-time doctors.
Situated beside the Warrego Highway in the CBD, the Toowoomba Public Hospital is the most accessible
out of the 4 hospitals in the area. In 2013, the Toowoomba Hospital discharged or transferred 78% of its
emergency patients within 4 hours, which was higher than the national target of 77%. On top of this
achievement, patients on the surgery waiting list in 2013 and 2014 were treated in the recommended
timeframe. A variety of facilities, along with over 320 beds and specialist, community and education services
are provided. These are not limited to surgical theatres, intensive care and rehabilitation units, general x-ray,
breast screening, pharmacies and training rooms. Currently, an upgrade of the hospital is in progress and
includes the expansion of a surgical unit, a new kitchen and an external makeover.
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I X-Ray
Queensland 8 at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Toowoomba Public Hospital
Mackenzie House Family Medical Centre, the Iona Medical Centre and the Lindsay Street Medical Centre
are local medical centres akin to the Grand Central Medical Centre. Mackenzie is only open 5 days, but
residents do have access to 24 hour medical care. Minor surgical procedures, vaccination and skin care are a
couple of services performed by the 4 doctors at the centre. Over the last 13 years, the Iona Medical Centre
has offered women, men and children’s health care services, as well as skin cancer medicine, chronic illness
and diabetes management, vaccinations and more. It’s open 5 days a week and bulk bills like most other
medical centres. East of Iona is the Lindsay Street Medical Centre and Lindsay’s 3 doctors specialise in acute
care, diabetes management and travel preparation, like vaccinations.
Dotted around the CBD are a number of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology Collection Centres. An appointment
is required to take blood pressure monitoring tests, paternity tests, drug screens and other tests at the
centres. Most centres are open 5 days a week and a few are open 6 days a week. Ken Gover Dental is
situated on Russell Street and provides general dentistry and dental implant services on a 5 day basis. Near
Queens Park is the Parkside Physiotherapy Centre and from Monday to Friday, offers a range of treatment
methods, such as massage, manual therapy, posture correction and so forth.
Up the street from Parkside is the Carbal Indigenous Medical Centre, the only dedicated medical centre for
indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders in Toowoomba. Five days a week, patients have access to
twelve medical services. These include general services, like check-ups and vaccinations, assistance from
registered nurses, disease management, blood monitoring and women and children’s health care services.
Situated on Scott Street is a medical hub consisting of St Vincent’s Private Hospital, the Medici Medical
Centre, the Toowoomba Surgicentre and the Toowoomba Specialist Centre.
St Vincent’s Private Hospital is the largest acute private hospital in Darling Downs. Advanced facilities, such
as four surgical theatres and a 6-bed intensive care unit, along with equipment and 176 beds support the
surgical, maternity, paediatric and other services provided to inpatients and day patients. For local residents
in need of emergency care, the emergency centre is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In 2012, St
Vincent’s was awarded the Private Hospital Innovation Award and Catholic Hospital Initiative Award for its
‘Clinical Partnership Program.’ Nurses from other medical sectors like aged care are given hands-on clinical
experience in a hospital ward when accepted into the program.
Established in 1987, the Toowoomba Surgicentre was the first, fully-operating private surgical centre in
Queensland and the third in Australia. Surgicentre’s doctors perform a broad range of surgical services,
including plastic and reconstructive surgery and head and neck surgery in the centre’s 3 operating theatres.
Across the road from the Surgicentre is the Toowoomba Specialist Centre and the Medici Medical Centre.
Medici provides access to general practitioners and x-ray services, while the Specialist Centre, as the name
suggests, offers specialist care in the form of a Skin Cancer clinic, a Sullivan Nicolaides Collection Centre
and so forth. Most of Medici’s tenants are open Monday to Friday and the Collection Centre and Skin
Cancer clinic are also open 5 days a week.
7 Springs Health + Dental Centre TOOWOOMBA Suburb
BaillieProfile I 9Hospital
Henderson
Three other medical centres in the vicinity of the CBD are the North Point Medical Centre, the Bakers Family Medical Centre, the West Toowoomba Medical Centre and the 7 Springs Health + Dental Centre. Northpoint’s six doctors assist with vaccinations, women and men’s health care, perform minor surgeries and more on a 5 day basis. Like Northpoint, the Bakers Family Medical Centre staff conduct minor surgeries, general health consultations, vaccinations and also counselling sessions, a range of tests and chronic disease care services. Monday through to Friday the centre is open. Nearly 20 doctors form the general practitioners board of the 7 Springs Centre, situated near the Toowoomba Plaza. As a result, a broad range of services are on offer and these include dental surgery, x-ray services, physiotherapy and podiatry services. If in need of the Medical Practice section of the centre, patients must make an appointment on Mondays through to Saturdays. The Dental Centre on the other hand, is open 6 days a week from Monday to Saturday. For the last 25 years, West Toowoomba Medical Centre has provided the local residents of Wilsonton and Rockville with women, men and children’s health care services, on top of general services, like check-ups and vaccinations. Three doctors are available at the centre 6 days a week. Besides the Toowoomba Public Hospital and the St Vincent’s Hospital, Toowoomba residents also have access to the St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital and the Baillie Henderson Hospital. In February of this year, the acute care, private St Andrew’s Hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 3D image capable surgical theatre, the first in the Southern Hemisphere, as part of an ongoing, multi-million dollar upgrade. Other improvements in progress are day hospital and medicine department expansions. These are set to further distinguish the hospital from merely being a teaching hospital for the University of Queensland, to one of the most advanced hospitals in the region. Facilities currently available in the 137-bed hospital are 5 operating theatres, an 8 bed intensive care unit, the only radiotherapy unit in Darling Downs and more. Supported by the facilities and performed by a staff of 500, are a myriad of medical, surgical and mental health services, including chronic disease management, vascular surgery and a psychology clinic. Baillie Henderson Hospital specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of mentally disabled individuals and thus, offers not only long-term inpatient care, but also, mental health programs. An additional 24 accommodation units were recently constructed for patients and in 2014, a refurbishment occurred wherein air conditioners were replaced and the pools were upgraded. Existing facilities are a number of rehabilitation units. (Sources: Carbal Medical Centre 2015; Cura Group 2015; Google Maps 2015; Gover & Raval Dental 2015; GP Connections 2013; Grand Central Medical Centre 2015; Health Engine 2015; Iona Medical Centre 2015; Ivan Johnston & Co Pty Ltd 2014; Lutheran Community Care 2015; Northpoint Medical Centre 2015; Parkside Physiotherapy 2014; Popliteal Pty Ltd 2014; Queensland X-Ray 2015; Sensis Pty Ltd 2014; 7 Springs Health + Dental 2015; Sonic Healthcare Limited 2015; St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital 2013; St Vincent’s Private Hospital 2015; The State of Queensland (Queensland Health) 2015; Terry Ryder Hotspotting Report 2014; Toowoomba Veterinary Hospital 2010; TSBE Development Report 2014; Where Is 2015; Yellow Pages 2015; Your Health 2015, Sidebar images by Freepik licensed under CC by 3.0, Dulux Colour Awards 2015, The State of Queensland (Queensland Health) 2015) TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 10
3MIN
From Toowoomba
Public Hospital
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4MIN
From St Vincent’s
Private Hospital
(largest acute hospital
in Darling Downs)
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8MIN
From St Andrew’s
Toowoomba Hospital
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11MIN
From Baillie
Henderson Hospital
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 11Transport
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Westlander train departs at 7:15pm from the Brisbane CBD’s Roma Street
Station and arrives at the Toowoomba Station in the CBD at 11:00pm. From Toowoomba, the Westlander
departs at 7:00am on Thursdays and Saturdays and arrives in the Brisbane CBD at 11:25am. Travel time is
approximately four hours. Onboard facilities include economy seats and toilets in each carriage, while travel
features are not limited to tea, coffee and water facilities and complimentary meals.
Three bus companies offer services from Brisbane to Toowoomba and these are Bus Queensland,
Greyhound Australia and the Airport Flyer. Bus Queensland is privately-owned and has operated in
Queensland and Victoria for over 40 years. Bus BQ211 departs from the Brisbane Transit Centre on Roma
Street seven days a week at 7:30am and arrives at the Toowoomba Bus Interchange on Neil Street at
9:40am. From the Toowoomba Bus Interchange, Bus BQ212 departs at 5:15pm every day and arrives at the
Brisbane Transit Centre at 7:15pm. Bus Queensland also services the Toowoomba CBD, with Buses 1, 2, 4, 5,
300, 301, 314 and 315. Bus 1 services the Harlaxton area, Bus 2 the Glenvale area, Bus 4 is a USQ dedicated
bus, Bus 5 the Clifford Gardens and Wilsonton areas and Bus 6 the Wilsonton Heights area. From Monday to
Saturday, these buses are active. Routes 300 and 301 service the CBD and Crows Nest, while 314 and 315
service the CBD and Highfields. These buses run five days a week.
As one of the oldest coaching services in the world, Greyhound Australia has over 100 years’ worth of
experience. It’s also the only national coach service in Australia. Buses GX485, GX952 (express) and GX950
are three morning buses, operating seven days a week that travel from Brisbane to Toowoomba. They depart
from Level 3 of the Roma Street Transit Centre at 7:00am, 8:30am and 10:00am and arrive at Platform 1 in
the Toowoomba Bus Interchange at 9:00am, 10:15am and 11:50am, respectively. Daily afternoon and evening
services are run by five buses, including the GX487, GX953 and GX954. They depart from Brisbane at
1:00pm, 3:00pm and 4:00pm and arrive in Toowoomba at 2:45pm, 5:05pm and 6:10pm, respectively.
From Toowoomba to Brisbane, there are three morning buses; buses GX150, GX157 and GX152. They depart
from Platform 1 in the Toowoomba Bus Interchange at 5:30am, 6:00am and 11:00am and arrive at the
Greyhound Terminal at the Roma Street Transit Centre at 7:30am, 8:00am and 12:50pm, respectively.
Afternoon and evening services are run by four buses, including the GX158, GX488 and GX153. They depart
from the Toowoomba Bus Interchange at 12:00pm, 1:05pm and 2:00pm and arrive at the Rome Street Transit
Centre at 2:30pm, 2:55pm and 3:55pm, respectively.
Airport Flyer buses offer services six days a week from the Domestic and International terminals of the
Brisbane Airport to Toowoomba and vice versa. Monday through to Thursday, there are six buses, including
the 151 and 152. They depart from the Domestic and International terminals two to three hours after one
another, starting from 7:00am and 7:15am. Travel time is approximately 2 and a half hours and two of the
stops in Toowoomba are the Empire Theatre stop on Neil Street and the Grand Central Bus zone. On
Fridays, there are four buses and on Sundays, there are five buses and these two days have a similar
timetable as the Monday to Thursday timetable. From Toowoomba on Mondays through to Thursdays, there
are six buses, such as the 141 and 142, running to the Domestic and International terminals in the Brisbane
Airport. Services start at 3:15am and each bus follows two to three hours after the other and arrive at the
terminals around two hours later. There are five buses on Fridays and Sundays.
(Sources: Bus Queensland 2015; Google Maps 2015; Greyhound
Australia 2015; The Airport Flyer 2014; The Queensland Rail Group
2015; The State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main
Roads) 2014; The State of Queensland 2015)
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 12Toowoomba
Regional Council 3MIN
Toowoomba is Australia’s second largest inland city and its largest or
most populous non-capital inland city. More than 160,000 people call the FROM TOOWOOMBA
local government area (LGA) home. An annual population growth rate of RAILWAY STATION
1.40% over the next decade, also ranked Toowoomba the sixth fastest
growing city in Queensland. Low range forecasts suggest the population
will exceed 216,000 by 2036. High range forecasts, which consider the
(serviced by Westlander
full extent of the coal seam gas boom in the Surat Basin, state a Train)
population of 230,000 to 240,000 by 2031. _________________________________________________
As the gateway to the prosperous Surat Basin, one of Australia’s richest
resource reserves, fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) and drive in, drive out (DIDO)
workers will continue to flock to the Toowoomba city in the coming
years. Resource, manufacturing, construction, professional and
agricultural workers attracted to multi-million dollar agricultural industry
of the Darling Downs’ region, will further boost population growth and
drive significant demand for housing. Off-the-charts demand has already Bus stops within walking distance
triggered $361 million dollars’ worth of residential building approvals in _________________________________________________
the year ending December 2014. Out of Queensland’s total of $11,000
million in residential approvals during the same period, 3.35% were TOOWOOMBA LGA
approvals in the Toowoomba city. For the year ending September 2014,
the Toowoomba LGA had the ninth largest number of detached dwelling
approvals in Queensland. Toowoomba also had the ninth largest number 9TH LARGEST
of new lot sales in Queensland in the same period. By 2031, total no’ of dwelling approvals in QLD
dwellings in the LGA should surpass 100,000. Approximately 41,000 new (Sept-14)
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dwellings will be provided to Toowoomba residents between 2006 and
2031.
160,000
During the 2011 Census, 61% of the labour force worked full-time, while living in Toowoomba City in 2014
29% worked part time. The Toowoomba local government area’s labour
force consisted of close to 78,000 individuals in the December quarter
of 2014. Nearly 70,000 of the labour force worked in the Toowoomba
CBD area in January 2015. From 2006 to 2026, an employment growth
between 60% and 120% is expected for the Toowoomba LGA. Over the
next five years, 5,400 new jobs will be created, while over the next
fifteen years, an estimated 25,000 jobs will be introduced to the region. 230,000+
A majority of these jobs will originate from the planning, construction or people by 2031 (considering full
post-completion stages of a variety of multi-million or billion dollar extent of coal seam boom)
_________________________________________________
projects. These include the Australia Pacific LNG Project, the
Toowoomba Enterprise Hub, the Inland Rail Project and the Toowoomba
Second Range Crossing Project.
(Sources: ABS 2011; BITRE 2013; Michael Matusik Property Insights Report 2015; QGSO 2013; QGSO
2014; QGSO 2015; Terry Ryder Hotspotting Report 2014; The State of Queensland 2014;
Toowoomba Regional Council 2014; Toowoomba Telegraph &
TSBE Invest Toowoomba Magazine 2013)
41,000
new dwellings
TOOWOOMBA Suburbadded
Profile by
I 2031
13$75B
IN MAJOR PROJECTS RECENTLY COMPLETED, UNDERWAY,
APPROVED AND PROPOSED IN TOOWOOMBA CITY
Recently Completed
$15B
QLD Curtis LNG Project (World’s first LNG project)
$20M
Drayton Shopping Centre (Opened)
$25M
Northpoint Shopping Centre (Opened)
$7M
Highfields Village Shopping Centre Expansion
Projects in Progress
$30B
Australia Pacific LNG Project
$500M
Integration of Grand Central Shopping Centre &
Gardentown Shopping Centre (Completed by 2017)
$300M
Wellcamp Airport + Wellcamp Business Park in
$246M
Rollout of National Broadband Network (NBN)
Toowoomba Enterprise Hub (Airport opened in Nov-14) in Toowoomba
$80M
Witmack Industry Park in Enterprise Hub
$50M
Wilsonton Shopping Centre Redevelopment
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 14Projects Awaiting Commencement
$4.7B
Inland Rail Project (Freight line between
$1.6B
Toowoomba Second Range Crossing Project
Melbourne & Brisbane) (Largest inland road project in Australia)
$1.0B
Bulli Creek Solar Farm (Largest solar
$30M
Extension of Mary MacKillop Catholic
farm in Australia and possibly the world) College in Highfields
$17M
Rail Tunnel Upgrades (11 tunnels in
$10.5M
Anzac Avenue Shopping Complex
Toowoomba Range to be expanded)
Proposed Projects
$20+B
Arrow LNG Project (Shelved in Jan-15)
$1.0B
Surat Basin Rail Project (Approved, but on hold)
$896M
Stage 3 of the New Acland Coal Mine
$300M
Toowoomba Convention Centre
(Approved in Dec-14 with conditions) (Temporarily shelved in Jan-15)
$50M
Toowoomba Range Rail Infrastructure Upgrade
$43M
New Bunnings on former Foundry
(Two loops added at Harlaxton & Ballard) site in Toowoomba
TOOWOOMBA
(Images by FreepikSuburb Profile
licensed under CC byI3.0)15INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS
Recently completed projects
$2.6 million Social Housing Complex (4km, 6min away) –
$15 billion Queensland Curtis LNG Project:
Completed in 2014, 12 two-bedroom apartments with
o World’s first project involving the conversion of
wheelchair access
coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas
(LNG)
Billion dollar Transport Network Reconstruction
o Involved expansion of gas production in Surat
Program in the Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley
Basin and the construction of a 540km pipeline
Districts – Involves the repairing of damage on roads
and processing plant on Curtis Island near
incurred from 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 natural
Gladstone
disasters, last works on Warrego Highway completed in
o Pipeline delivered first CSG from Surat Basin to
Dec-2014
plant in Dec-14
o By 2016, project should be producing 8 million
tonnes of LNG per year Other completed projects: Toowoomba Turf Club
Track Restoration project, Laguna Serviced
$25 million Northpoint Shopping Centre (3km, 6min Apartments, entertainment venues, refurbishment of a
from Toowoomba CBD) – Completed in 2014, includes Blue Care retirement centre, Rosemount Downs
Coles, Aldi, Reject Shop, medical centre, 20 specialty Retirement Village, a community care unit, Heritage
stores, 330 car parks etc. Bank refurbishment, redevelopment of Chronicle
building, workshop facilities and administration
$20 million Drayton Shopping Centre (7km, 11min away) buildings, Zimms Corner Service Station Upgrade, flood
– Completed in 2014, currently includes 217 car parks, a mitigation works, Toowoomba range roadworks etc.
Woolworths, a BWS Liquor, Chemmart Pharmacy,
beauty and massage stores and more to come Projects in progress
$30 billion Australia Pacific LNG Project:
$7 million Highfields Village Shopping Centre Expansion o Coal Seam Gas (CSG) is extracted, converted into
(13km, 15min away) – Completed in 2014, involved an a liquid known as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for
upgrade to the Woolworths Supermarket, the inclusion transportation purposes, then heated and turned
of a Woolworths Petrol fuel station, car parking back into natural gas, which will be used as fuel
upgrades, new food and dining areas etc. o Natural gas produces less pollution than other
fossil fuels and is thus, more sustainable
$5.5 million Empire Theatre Expansion (Armitage o 3 key parts in project:
Centre) (1km, 1min away) – Empire Theatre is home to 1. Development of gas fields in Surat and
musical theatre productions, a 350 seat Toowoomba Bowen Basins (closest active CSG gas field is
Regional Arts and Community Centre (TRACC) named 1hr45min from Toowoomba CBD in Kogan)
‘Armitage Centre’ was added to existing theatre in late 2. Creation of LNG processing plant and export
2014 facility on Curtis Island off the coast of
Gladstone (near completion, first gas arrived
$5.45 million Centenary Heights State High School New at facility in Mar-15, first LNG expected mid
Year 7 Building (2km, 4min away) – Completed in Nov- 2015)
2014, construction of two-storey building and 3. Construction of 530km pipeline from gas
refurbishments to classrooms and science labs mark fields to LNG plant (Completed in Mar-2015)
beginning of Junior Secondary teaching in the school o Project life estimated to be 30 years
(aids students in the transition from primary to
secondary schooling)
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 16 $500 million Integration of Grand Central Shopping o Eastern section from Redwood to Withcott has
Centre and Gardentown Shopping Centre (1km, 2min coverage
from Toowoomba CBD): o Southern section from Hodgson Vale to Killarney
o Redeveloped Grand Central will link to the has coverage
Gardentown Centre via a two level retail galleria o Most of the western section has coverage
o New discount department stores, supermarkets, o Central area (suburbs of Wilsonton, Cranley,
160 specialty retailers, a food precinct and dining Cotswold Hills, Torrington, Harristown etc) does
area to be included not yet have full coverage
o Once the redevelopment is complete, Grand o By June 2015, the Toowoomba region should have
Central will double in size to 90,000sqm full coverage
o Extra 2,000 car parks will be delivered, bringing
total spaces to 4,000 $50 million Wilsonton Shopping Centre
o Construction began in Nov-2014, estimated Redevelopment (6km, 9min away):
completion date is early 2017 o Upon completion, will include a Kmart, mini-
majors, an 8 screen cinema, new dining areas, ‘The
Toowoomba Enterprise Hub (10km, 15min away) – Square’ market place, a medical centre etc.
Covers 2,000 hectares and comprises 3 major air, road o Centre will double in size to nearly 30,000sqm
and rail facilities: o Total car parks will exceed 700
o $300 million Wellcamp Airport + Wellcamp o Stage 1 construction began Mar-2015, estimated
Business Park completion date is late 2016
$100 million airport opened in Nov-2014,
situated in the Wellcamp Business Park, it’s $45 million Outer Circulating Road Project:
the first privately-funded public airport to be o Involves the connecting of Herries St, Clifford St,
built in Australia in 47 years, offers passenger, Russell St, Chalk Dr and Hume St to form a loop
charter, FIFO (fly in, fly out) and airfreight around the CBD
flights, currently services Toowoomba and o New four-lane road will link Russell and Ruthven
Sydney, predictions suggest it will handle streets to complete the network
between 200,000 and 500,000 passengers o Built to improve travel efficiency within the CBD
within its first year of operation o Construction began Mar-2014, estimated
Business Park is currently under completion date is Mar-2015
construction, development of the park
should continue in 2015, it will provide $35 million Highfields State Secondary College (16km,
aviation, transport, corporate etc. services 18min away) – Stage 1 complete, opened for 260
o $160 million InterLinkSQ Intermodal and Bulk students in Grade 7 and 8 in Jan-2015, further stages
Freight Terminal and Industrial Precinct – Spans will provide for Grade 9 and 10 in 2016-2017 and Grade
200 hectares, acts as a storage facility for West 11 and 12 in 2018-2019, college includes 25 teaching areas,
Moreton rail line and Inland Rail Project rail a technology centre, a science centre, a canteen and
infrastructure, supplies maintenance facilities etc., food court, play areas, a sports oval etc.
construction of $30 million Stage 1 is currently
underway, expected to finish this year (2015), $25.5 million Highfields Sporting Complex (16km, 19min
estimated total completion date is 2025 away) – Multi-sports facility currently being built on
o $80 million Witmack Industry Park – Covers 100 nearly 40 hectares of land, to be included upon
hectares and is one of Toowoomba’s largest completion: 8 playing fields, netball and tennis courts
industrial developments, lot sizes range from 2 to 5 etc., Stage 1 involving earthworks, netball courts etc.
hectares, 70% of Stages 1 and 2 are sold, Stages 3 expected to be completed by 2016, final stage to be
and 4 are complete and available for sale or lease delivered by 2018
$246 million Rollout of the National Broadband $24.5 million Toowoomba City Library and Civic Centre
Network (NBN) in Toowoomba Project (1km, 1min away) – New building spans
o NBN is a national project to upgrade the fixed line 6,800sqm and includes City and Local History Library,
phone and internet network infrastructure and it free wifi, meeting rooms, an immunisation clinic, a
aims to provide fast phone and internet services bicycle centre and a basement car park for 95 cars,
o Northern suburbs of Crows Nest, Haden and construction began in Oct-2014, estimated completion
Goombungee have NBN coverage date is late 2015
o Northeast section from Cabarlah to Hampton has
coverage
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 17 $21 million O’Mara Road Upgrade (13km, 16min away) – o Largest inland road project in Australia
Involves the duplication of O’Mara Road between o A 41km bypass route for heavy and super heavy
Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road and the Warrego trucks, the road will stretch from the Warrego
Highway, will improve access to the Toowoomba Highway (east of Toowoomba) at Helidon to the
Enterprise Hub, Stage 1A currently in construction, Gore Highway (south-west of Toowoomba) at
estimated completion date is Jun-2015 Athol
o Commonwealth Government committed $1.285
$14 million Toowoomba Hospital Upgrade (2km, 3min billion – largest contribution to a road project by
away) – Includes $9.76 million new kitchen, estimated the government in QLD’s history
completion date is 2015, also includes $2 million o Benefits to locals include increased travel
expansion of endoscopy unit to double capacity and efficiency, road safety improvements, reduced
$2.2 million external makeover noise, etc.
o Construction expected to start late 2015,
estimated completion date is late 2018
$11 million Toowoomba Grammar School Expansion
(2km, 3min away) – Existing student accommodation to
$1 billion Bulli Creek Solar Farm (141km, 1hr47min from
be expanded via the construction of two major
Toowoomba CBD):
buildings, one building completed in 2014, estimated
o Planning approval received in Feb-2015
completion date for second building is late 2015
o Spanning 13,000 acres, it will be the largest solar
farm in Australia and possibly the world
$8 million Hooper Centre Redevelopment (1km, 1min o Upon completion, it will have the capacity to
away) – Completely revamped shopping centre after generate 2 gigawatts of electricity (enough to
2013 fire, will include an IGA (will replace previous power 550,000 homes)
Cocos Supermarket) and Patton’s Discount Meats, o Stage 1 construction expected to start within next
estimated completion date is April-2015 4 years (2016-2019), estimated completion date is
8-10 years from now (2026-2029)
Multi-million dollar St Andrew’s Hospital Expansion
(5km, 8min away) – Project is ongoing, includes day $30 million extension of the Mary MacKillop Catholic
hospital and medicine department expansions, opened College in Highfields (15km, 17min):
a state-of-the-art 3D image capable surgical theatre in o Funding for Stage 1 approved in Oct-2014
Feb-2015, it’s the first in the Southern Hemisphere etc. o Existing primary school will be extended to
include secondary schooling (years 7-12)
Other projects in progress: Toowoomba substation o Year 7 classes provided in 2015, year 8 enrolments
upgrades, flood mitigation works, development of a in 2016, year 9-12 classes introduced from 2017-
serviced apartment hotel, Church of Christ building, 2020
Bupa Rangeville aged-care home, Crampton o Estimated completion date for Stage 1 is January
automotive extension etc. 2016, construction of Stage 2 estimated to begin in
2017
Projects awaiting commencement $17 million Rail Tunnel Upgrades – Approved, capacity
$4.7 billion Inland Rail Project: of 11 rail tunnels in the Toowoomba range to be
o Rail freight line between Melbourne and Brisbane expanded, aim is to increase the amount of agricultural
via Wagga Wagga, Parkes, Moree and produce being transported between Darling Downs
Toowoomba and Brisbane
o Involves the use of existing rail lines, but will also
incorporate new tracks $10.5 million Anzac Avenue Shopping Complex (7km,
o $300 million committed to finalise plans, tenders 11min away) – Development application (DA) approved
for design opened in early March 2015 in 2013 for a bulky goods and retail centre, if
o Touted as one of the most important pieces of construction were to start in 2015, estimated
logistics infrastructure in Australia, as it will reduce completion date would be 2016
travel time by at least 7 hours
o Construction planned to start in 2015, estimated $10+ million Toowoomba Railway Parklands (2km, 4min
completion date is 2025 away):
o Dubbed the ‘Southbank of Toowoomba’
$1.6+ billion Toowoomba Second Range Crossing o Situated on a priority development area (PDA)
Project: o Information session held in Feb-2015
TOOWOOMBA Suburb Profile I 18o Project includes an urban village, which will $43 million Bunnings on former Foundry site in
incorporate green, retail and residential elements Toowoomba CBD (1.5km, 3min away) – Plans for a
o Estimated completion date is 2035 if funded by Bunnings warehouse on the 18,130sqm site were
2015 submitted to council in Feb-14, estimated completion
date is 2018
Other projects awaiting commencement: Athena motel
and apartment development, Eastside village TBA Allied Mills Redevelopment in Toowoomba CBD
development (proposed fast food precinct), worship (1km, 3min away) – Former 1.8 hectare Allied Mills
centre, expansion of the Brownesholme Village complex expected to be transformed into a mixed-use
retirement centre, a retirement facility in Crows Nest, a site containing hotels, apartments, businesses, cafes
factory for Makin Mattresses etc. and shops
Proposed projects TBA Charlton Sports Precinct (11km, 15min away) – $192
$20+ billion Arrow LNG Project: million masterplan adopted by council in Mar-2015,
o Involves 5 subprojects: Arrow LNG Plant, Bowen council currently looking for funding partners, could
Gas Project, Surat Gas Project, Arrow Surat include 2 major sports fields, 7 soccer fields etc. Stage 1:
Pipeline, Arrow Bowen Pipeline 44 hectares, Stage 2: 44 hectares to be acquired, Stage
o Project shelved in Jan-2015 1 hoped to be completed by 2021
$1 billion Surat Basin Rail Project – Approved, but on TBA Charlton Shopping Centre (12.5km, 16min away) –
hold, is a 210km railway, which will link the Western Development application was submitted to council in
Railway system at Wandoan to Banana’s Moura Railway Feb-2014, will contain supermarkets and specialty
system, will transport coal from Surat Basin to stores, will cover 4,700sqm, gross floor area will be
Gladstone 1,025sqm
$896 million Stage 3 of the New Acland Coal Mine
TBA V8 Supercars Motorsport Complex (21km, 20min
(49km, 47min from Toowoomba CBD):
away) – Still requires government support, QLD’s V8
o Approved in Dec-2014 with conditions
Supercar Event in 2016 could be held at the complex, if
o Includes upgrades to coal preparation plant and
given approval, construction is to start and finish in 2015
other supporting infrastructure, relocation of rail
loading facility from Jondaryn etc.
o Expansion will increase output from 4.8 million TBA Education and Meditation Facility (51km, 46min
tonnes per annum (Mtpa) to up to 7.5 Mtpa away) – Plans by Buddhist organisation submitted in
o Estimated completion date is 2029 April-2014, private facility will include prep to grade 12
schooling, expected to be self-sustainable via use of
$300 million Toowoomba Convention Centre – solar panels, will include 120+ rooms, staff and student
Temporarily shelved by Toowoomba Regional Council dormitories, library, dining hall, prayer room for
in Jan-2015 meditation purposes etc.
$50 million Toowoomba Range Rail Infrastructure Other proposed projects: Sewerage network enabling
Upgrade – Two rail loops added at Harlaxton and project and upgrade of Steger Road project (both in
Ballard has been approved, aims to reduce the number the Toowoomba Enterprise Hub), various motel and
of trucks on the road by using trains to transport residential developments, redevelopment of Marco
agricultural goods, reports foresee 25,000 less trucks Polo Chinese restaurant site, worker’s accommodation,
on South-East QLD roads etc. BORAL asphalt facility in Toowoomba Enterprise Hub
etc.
(Sources: ARTC 2015; Arrow Energy Pty Ltd 2015; Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd 2015; Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport 2015; Deb Frecklington MP
2015; Empire Theatres Pty Ltd 2015; Exploration World Magazine 2015; Financial Review, Angela Macdonald-Smith, Hadley Green Investment Group
2015; Highfields Village Shopping Centre 2014; January 30 2015; Market Square Wilsonton 2015; Mary MacKillop College 2015; NBN Co Limited 2015;
Northpoint Shopping Centre 2015; Probuild 2015; QGC – A BG Group Business 2012; REA Group Ltd 2015; Solar Choice Pty Ltd 2015; St. Andrew's
Toowoomba Hospital 2015; Terry Ryder Hotspotting Report 2014; The Chronicle, Andrew Backhouse, 25 October 2014; Toowoomba Newspapers Pty
Ltd 2015; The State of Queensland (Department of Education and Training) 2015; The State of Queensland (Department of State Development) 2015;
The State of Queensland (Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning) 2015; The State of Queensland (Department of the
Premier and Cabinet) 2014; The State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads) 2015; The State of Queensland (Queensland
Health) 2015; The State of Queensland (Queensland Treasury) 2015; TMR 2015; Toowoomba Regional Council 2014; Toowoomba Regional Council
2015; Trevor Watts MPTOOWOOMBA Suburb
2014; TSBE 2015; TSBE Profile
Development I 2014)
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